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J. P. WARNER. WEATHER GUARD ATTAGHMBNI' FOR LANTERNS. No. 490,003. IPatented Jan. 17,1893.

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. J. P. WARNER. WEATHER GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR LANTERNS.

No. 400,003. Patented Jan. 17, 1093.

UNiTEn STATES PATENT @EEETQE.

JOHN P. WARNER, OF W'ASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OFFIVE-EIGHTHS TO ANTHONY F. NAVARRE, OF SAME PLACE.

WEATH ER-G UARD ATTACH M ENT FOR LANTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,003, dated January17, 1893.

Application filed April 12, 1892. Serial No. 428,825. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; t an end elevation, and Fig. shows the lampBe it known that 1, JOHN P. \VARNER, a citiwith the attachment folded.zen of the United States, residing at WVash- In the drawings, A,represents an ordinary ington, in the District of Columbia, haveinlantern, as at present used by conductors, 5 vented certain new anduseful Improvements yardmasters, &c. to which my attachment is in\Veather-Guard Attachments for Lanterns; connected in the followingmanner: To one and Ido declare the following to bea full, clear, side ofthe wire-guard, or the bottom and top, and exact description of theinvention,such as is arranged a shorthood B. To this hood the willenable others skilled in the art to which upper side 0 of the attachmentis hinged, as m it appertains to make and use the same, referat b, andsaid side 0 consists of alight frame, ence being had to theaccompanying'drawmade, of tin or sheet metal of any suitable ings, andto the letters of reference marked kind, or of other suitable material,in which thereon, which form a part of this specificais secured a pieceof isinglass, glass, or simition. lar material 0, so that it can be seenthrough. t 5 My invention relates to improvements, in To one side of theframe is hinged by hinges what I term weather guard attachments for d,or in any other suitable manner, theside D, lanterns, more especiallyintended for railmade, of any sheet metal or its equivalent, and roadmen, conductors, yardmasters, clerks, or to it in turn, is hinged thebottom E, as at 6, any other persons, who are to perform clerical andforming the rest or support for the hand. 20 work of any kind in theopen air, especially To the opposite side of the top 0 is hinged theduring rainy or inclement weather; and the other side F, having at itslower end a narrow object of theinvention is to provide an attachflangeg, provided with a short pin h. The ment to lanterns, by which saidrail-road men bottom E is provided at one side, with a suitand others,can not only protect the paper, inable hole, which is passed oversaidpin 72., and 7 2 5 voice or report, uponwhich they are to write, when inposition, rests upon said flange g, be-

from wind and weather, but have lamp-light, ing thus secured, and readyfor use. The pa when necessary, and a suitable and convenperorbrief,upon which it is intended to write, ient rest for the hand towrite upon, and thus is laid on the bottom, and can be secured byforming a lantern, desk and shelter at the the pins '5, two or more, atthe inner end of 8o 30 same time. Any person having writing to do saidbottom. The light from the lamp in the in the open air, and especiallyduring rain or lantern, will of course shine through the glass inclementweather, and in the dark, such as shade, the hand being then passedthrough conductors, yardmasters, and others, in rethe open end of theweather attachment, the cordingthe numbers of cars, condition ofseals,writing to be done on said briefs, can be ob- 3 5 &e.,will appreciate myweather guard attachserved through the isinglass top 0, and being mentfor the lanterns, now in use. thus protected from the inclement weather.My invention,to meet these objections, con- When the writing isfinished, the bottom E is sists in the construction of certain details,and raised off the pin, and is folded against the arrangement of parts,as will be more fully side D, and these two, being folded together 40described hereinafter, and specifically pointed against the top 0 theother side F is then outin the claims, reference being had totheacfoldedagainst them, and the four pieces 0, companying drawings, and theletters marked D,E and F, are then folded against the mouth thereon. ofthe hood B, in folded condition and said Like letters indicate similarparts in the hood is provided atits lowerside withakeeper g5 5 differentfigures of the drawings, in which: a, and with it, a spring-catch 70 onthe side F Figurelrepresents an ordinary conductors engages, and thussecures the four sides of lantern with my weather guard attachment theweather attachment in position on the lan in vertical section, inposition for writing. tern. The lantern can thenbe used in the or- Fig.2 is an end elevation of the same, and dinary manner by conductors,yardmasters, I00 50 Figs. 3, t and 5, are modifications, of which andothers, for signaling the trains, due, until Fig. 3 is a side elevationpartly in section,Fi it is again required for writing.

- F may be silverplated or in any other way receive a highly polishedsurface, so as to act as a reflector, when the weather guard attachmentis folded against the hood, thereby greatly increasing the power orstrength of the light from the lamp. This is especially valuable torail-road men, and when it is desired to signal trains, &c. in foggy,rainy, or other inclement weather; also in examining the condition ofseals, 85c.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 3, 4:,and 5, the sides D are hingedto the edges of the bottom E, which in turn is attached byhinges b tothe hood B. The upper edge of the sides D are made diagonal, and uponthem the top 0 is folded or supported. Said top 0 is attached to thehood B by hinges b, and when i the sides and bottom are folded, the top0 folds against them, and will appear, as in Fig. 5. The sides D areprovided with hinges d, so as to fold, and may be extended, as shown bythe broken lines in Fig. 3 if desired. They can be secured in place byanysuitable spring catch or equivalents. At their lower inner ends maybe arranged short flanges h, under which the paper or briefs are held,for writing upon. The device may be made detachable, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what T claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s:

1. The combination of a lantern, with a weather guard attachment,consisting of a hood, to which four sides, forming a rectangularreceptacle are hinged,, the lower one of which produces the rest for thehand, and the upper one having a transparent material in it, to observewriting to be done, all arranged substantially as shown and specified.

2. The combination of a lantern A, having a hood B secured to it, withthe weather guard attachment, consisting of'the top 0, provided with theisinglass c, and hinged to said hood. the side D hinged to said top, andthe bottom E, hinged to said side, and supported on the flange f, havinga pin it and hinged to said top 0, allarranged as and for the purposeset forth.

3. The combination of a lantern A, having a hood B, to which the fourfolding sides C. D, E and F are hinged, and the said side E providedwith pins 1 and spring catch k, for securing the sides in a foldedposition on the sideof the hood, all as herein shown and described.

4. In combination with a railroad lantern. of a weather guardattachment, consisting of a bottom or hand rest, to which the sides areattached, and a hinged top, provided with transparent material, and aholding device for the paper, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two Witnesses.

JOHN P. WARNER. WVitnesses:

T. O. BRECHT, FRANCIS N. F. BRANDON.

